For many of the folks that have been on outreach to us will recognise this picture. The ferry at Dombe 110km from Espungabera.
On Thursday I managed to organise a lift down to Beira to pick up a few things that we needed. At 12 midday I was picked up & off we went. The road is much worse that I remembered it and even more so in a 3 ton truck.
Well it took 3 hours to get to the ferry and when we arrived we were on the far side of this picture. Here is the UUUGH! part. right where this Land Rover is going onto the ferry a 10 ton truck with about 20 ton of timber was getting off the ferry but not quite. As it it left it's wheels sank into the sand and the back of the chassis / load bed pinned the ferry down.
Not to be phased by this the driver decided to spin the wheels and eventually broke the gearbox. So the saga doesn't end there. They sent a runner to get the tractor to come and help pull the truck off the ferry and out of the way. But the tractor is on the opposite of the river. And even if it was on the same side as the truck, how would a little tractor pull a truck up hill on dirt which weighs in excess of 20 ton?
After waiting for 3 hours and nothing was achieved during that time we decided to return to Espungabera. Another 110km, another 3 hours. SUM Total: 9 hours in very hot conditions 220 km and back in the same place as we left. UUUGH! Miffed
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